Quoted: ?I don?t care who he plays for ? I?m a Lin fan, not a Knicks fan,? says Timothy Yu, an associate professor of Asian American Studies (and Jeremy Lin Studies pioneer) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. ?What I?m mad about is that the Knicks just completely cut him loose ? and they?re blaming him for cutting such a hard-nosed deal with the Rockets. The fact of the matter is that even the team that benefited from Linsanity doesn?t believe it?s for real. That really burns me as an Asian American fan. But shed no tears for Jeremy: An Asian American athlete is getting paid like a superstar, because he is one ? and that?s cool.?
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